Predicate: usher

Roleset id: usher.02 , lead, escort, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

usher.02: USHER-V NOTES: Member of Vncls captain-29.8-1. (from usher.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
usher (v.)Cotheme

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: usher (vnrole: 29.8-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: person or event ushered (vnrole: 29.8-1-beneficiary)
        Arg2-GOL: destination

Example: would not have expected this usage

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [Visitors]-1 are ushered *trace*-1 into the premises by red-frocked doormen known as waiters, a reminder of the insurance market's origins in a coffeehouse in 17th century London.

        Rel: ushered
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: into the premises
        Arg0: by red-frocked doormen known as waiters

Example: Ushering an event

        person: other,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        I ushered the play on Saturday and I had a REALLY good time.

        Arg0: I
        Rel: ushered
        Arg1: the play
        Argm-tmp: on Saturday

Example: with source

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        That's the curious consequence of a daring experiment in form so successfully executed: it ushered the play from radical to canonical.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: ushered
        Arg1: the play
        Argm-dir: from radical
        Arg2: to canonical


Predicate: usher_in

Roleset id: usher_in.01 , signal the start of, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

usher_in.01: USHER_IN-V NOTES: (from usher.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
usher_in (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: signal
        Arg1-PPT: thing starting

Example: so that's when it started

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        But in the three leading political contests of 1989, the negative ads have reached new levels of hostility, raising fears that this kind of mudslinging, empty of significant issues, is ushering in a new era of campaigns without content.

        Arg0: this kind of mudslinging, empty of significant issues,
        Rel: [ ushering] [ in]
        Arg1: a new era of campaigns without content